committee

as in panel
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter a committee in charge of planning the organization's annual Christmas party

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Recent Examples of committee Reconciliation requires both the House and Senate to pass a budget resolution, which sets tax and spending levels that are then directed to specific committees to achieve a certain budgetary outcome. Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Jan. 2025 Zoom in: The sources said the arms sale — which needs approval from the House and Senate foreign relations committees — includes AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for fighter jets to defend against airborne threats, including drones. Barak Ravid, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025 The president’s decision to block the deal came after a federal committee reviewing the transaction opted to not make a formal recommendation about whether the takeover should be allowed to proceed, according to letters sent to the companies and the White House last month. Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 The deceased were members of committees that assist in securing aid convoys, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the bodies. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for committee 
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  • Energy and Commerce Committee The GOP Steering Committee selected 10 new members to the Energy and Commerce panel, including several freshmen members — a rare occurrence.
    Victoria Knight, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Photo : Bonhams The painstakingly rebuilt body, by Palmer Coachworks, saw key structural improvements added to achieve laser-straight panel gaps and add the kind of body stiffness the original Miura P400 always lacked.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Deadline can now reveal that late last year the BBC and Ofcom were forced to amend the regulator’s record of how many Scots worked on Season 1 of The Traitors, which is produced by London-headquartered Studio Lambert in Scotland and qualifies as a Scottish commission.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Evanston Land Use Commission Chair Matt Rodgers said the delay in the timeline is a result of the commission’s incomplete assessment of the zoning code and Envision Evanston caused by the city’s consultant hired to assist the city with implementing both.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • The results shaped the work of a dozen subcommittees, which investigated issues in more depth.
    Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Gallego was the top Democrat on the Intelligence and Special Operations subcommittee in the House Armed Services Committee.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committee. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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